>that moment when the time comes to reinstall Windows because your shit is compromised and you have no fucking memory what scripts you had ran, what configs you change, what hosts and firewall settings you changed, what programs you installed, what drivers you installed, or anything else that you need to spend at least an entire day setting up all over againI fucking hate dealing with this mess of an operating system sometimes. It's overwhelming paranoia fuel to micro-manage this bullshit and keep things clean. >even trying to "reinstall proof" shit isn't always a gurantee because it is guranteed your old partition or drive will be litter with cross dependency hell I wish I could install this shit on some 16GB Optane drive and forget about it instead of having to decide whether to sacrifice a 512GB or 256GB drive, whether to use the NVME or SATA M.2 interface, so on and so forth. I'm fucking tired and dazed.
>>106745906Setting up windows to feel relatively locked down, local, private, and ready for use with no nagware and adware genuinely takes an entire full workday, going through desktop, then taskbar, then start menu, file explorer, task manager, settings, control panel, group policy editor, task scheduler, registry editor, services, pre-installed app cleaning/removal in system apps, optional features, additional optional features list, winget. It's headache inducing. Linux could save you unironically. openSUSE Aeon or Fedora Silverblue and just open flathub and install whatever app you need and it's guaranteed private, secure, and optimized out of the blox with no bloat or nagware.
usb stick>shutup10 + config file>portable firefox configured the way you like it>graphics drivers, so you can have a stab at installing and seting up windows without letting it on the internet>>106745906>NVME or SATA M.2Either will be fast enough.>512GB or 256GB80GB is enough for a base win10 iot ltsc install.
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>>106745906>you need to spend at least an entire day setting up all over againcomfy
>>106745906imagine thinking you're technically skilled and not have a clone of your main drive. what a fucking noob
>>106745937Why not do this once and save the image?
>>106745906Just make backups?
>>106745906Literally that's the only reason why i don't want to install a new OS i'm so lazy about it. Anyone knows if i'm gonna be hacked by pajeets if i'm still using w10 with no support for 5 more years?
>>106745906I don't need notes anymore. I just ask ai.
>>106745906I remember being this exact way and hating how utterly tedious it is to get windows back to the way "I" want it from a fresh install. This is one of the big reasons I'd rather never deal with it again. Linux is comfy for a personal pc and easily cloned and reproducible.
>>106746005I've done way more than just that, I've used a combination of privacy.sexy, shutup10, windows 10 debloater powershell scripts, firewall settings, hostfile modifications, simplebloat/bloatmaster, and who knows what else at this point cause I certainly don't remember. Definitely some manual changes to group policies, registries, paths, environment variables, and so on.>80GB is enough for a base win10 iot ltsc install.I've been wanting to switch away from using my 512GB NVME drive as my system installation since I imagine it wouldn't make an appreciable difference for boot times, and because I desperately need some SSD storage space for certain programs now. I cannot delegate everything to my giant hard drive.>>106746035I'm considering it. I already installed it on my old boxes MX500 and the OOBE and feel is really fucking smooth so I'm thinking I'll stick that SSD back in to connect it every once in a while so I can boot and experiment more with alternatives to shit like DOpus that I at the very least desperately need when I'm not using Windows-exclusive software from 10-20 years ago.
>>106746367>he doesn't know
inane bullshitfind anything better to do retard
>>106747678>how to accumulate years of technical debt and obstructions to your work environment in 1 easy step
>>106745906Well you do this a lot am still dazzled by windows xp black
>you have no fucking memory Write down everything you change next time and do it well. Basically create a fresh install guide for yourself. Include screenshots. Assume you will forget everything you changed and how you did it and write is as if you're doing it for the first time.
>>106745906I love fresh installs. > Too many decisionsnone of them matter
>>106747919>Write down everything you change next time and do it wellThe file has to be in a persistent and readily accessible place and must be updated, otherwise it will get lost behind 10,000 notes and files that get moved around.
>>106745906so use linux with proton
>>106745906use sandisk extreme or kingston endurance if you want 16gb drive
>>106748063Ironically 2 accounts that use a Proton address were compromised before this moment.
>>1067459061. Stop installing garbage2. Switch to a lightweight Arch setupMust I say anything more?
>>106748168>implying loonix isn't even worse for reinstall proofing
>>106745906That literally never happens if you are normal. I never reinstalled Windows ever in 22 years. I dont even know what the fuck you were blabbering about>some 16gb optane drive>nvme What. KekAlways the techies who mess up shit
>>106748792The settings for everything you run is probably in your home directory.So you won't need to set all that up again.For the os part of the system:- firewall- disabling unwanted processes
>>106748935>pretending that any loonixtard can control himself and not distrohop every monthlol
>>106748168>instead of stepping in dogshit>eat every dogshit on every downtown sidewalkHow about no faggot
